Boom Arts presents workshop performances of "Appointment with gOD," Ugandan playwright Deborah Asiimwe's funny, insightful exploration of the US visa process from an African perspective. These performances follow a week-long artist residency with Asiimwe and her collaborator, NY-based director Emily Mendelsohn, and will feature dynamic Portland actors Victor Mack, Ithica Tell, and Damaris Webb, as well as drummer Alex Addy of the Obo Addy Legacy Project, plus student and community performers. Each performance will be followed by curated community conversations about what it means to encounter and enter the United States-- and the roads new Portlanders have taken to get here. (less)